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D'Var Torah
Parashat
Matot-Masei
July 6, 2013
Numbers
33:50 - 36:13
Haftarah
Ashkenazim:
Jeremiah
2:4-18; 3:4
Sephardim:
Jeremiah
2:4-28; 4:1-2
using the Triennial
Year III schedule
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What's Happening
This Week At Beth Or
Tuesday, July 2
Wednesday, July 3
Chit Chat at Beth Or 10:00 am
Beth Or Office closed today
Thursday, July 4
Happy Independence Day!
Friday, July 5
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 8:00 pm
Saturday, July 6
Parking area/basketball court paving--all day
Torah Study 10:15 am
(please park in the unpaved lot for all Saturday activities)
Sunday, July 7
Parking area/basketball court paving
Planning Meeting and brunch 10:30 am
Choir Practice 3:00 pm
(please park in the unpaved lot for all Sunday activities)
Wednesday, July 10
Chit Chat at Beth Or 10:00 am
Executive Committee and Board Meetings
7:15 and 8:00 pm, respectively
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 Temple Beth Or Events
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Save The Date 
Saturday, July 13
Havdalah and Movie Night at Beth Or
Sunday, July 14
Leadership Retreat
Red Tent Women's Reading Group
Choir Practice
Monday-Tuesday, July 15-16
Tisha B'Av
Friday, July 19
School Supplies Drive Begins
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Shabbat Shalom! 
Kabbalat Shabbat Service this Friday evening at 8:00 p.m. will be led by Rabbi Mark Kram, whose topic will be "Dalia."
Oneg Shabbat will be provided by our own community.
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| D'var Torah - Independence Week - July 5, 2013
Rabbi Mark Kram, Temple Beth Or, Miami, FL
I want to talk about my friend Dalia Ziada. Especially on the weekend when we celebrate the independence of our country.
As we celebrate the 237th year of independence of our country, Dalia is trying to encourage democracy in her country, Egypt.
I met Dalia at the recent conference in Washington DC. We were both attending a dinner hosted by the Cypriot ambassador to the US. She just happened to sit down beside me and we were able to chat throughout the evening.
I learned about her family and her brothers - one married - and her father who died not too many years ago.
I also learned about her struggle for democracy in Egypt. You see, because Dalia is a women's rights and human rights advocate in a country which is trying ever so painfully to give birth to democracy.
This week, I couldn't help but think about her not just because she's in the news, but because we celebrate Independence Day this Thursday.
How difficult and how challenging it must've been for our ancestors to give birth to our own independence - which we often celebrate without thought about the process it took to get "here."
But I also learned Dalia was a speaker at the AJC conference I was attending. I was surprised because here was a young Muslim woman in her early 30s, modestly dressed and appropriately covered as Muslim women are. But what you don't see is that she is a tireless and courageous fighter for freedom and democracy and human rights.
Come to hear Dalia's story on Friday night for services and I'll share with you the bravery of one young woman who says that the Arab spring has not turned into the Arab winter. But that democracy still springs forth.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Mark
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Planning Meeting and Brunch
Dear Members:
Here's an open invitation to our next Calendar Meeting & Brunch this Sunday morning, July 7th, 10:30 am at the Temple. Last meeting we did great work and got through to November (Hanukah/Thanksgiving). We need this follow-up meeting for the remainder of the year
Please come and map out together the rest of the year's programs: holidays, special social events, adult education seminars/classes, coffeehouses, movies, cooking classes and retreats/day trips, etc. and then we'll supplement and fine tune the whole year. A big job that requires your input and enthusiasm.
Some agenda items have already rolled in: setting a date for Adult Bat Mitzvah.
Regardless, please send me your items and concerns for the meeting directly.
I hope you can be I hope you can be there.
BShalom & Thanks,
Jeff Kaminsky
Please remember that the paved parking area, including the Handicapped Permit space, will have been resurfaced on Saturday and may not be ready to drive or walk on by Sunday.
Please park in the open, unpaved lot on the side of the building.
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Chit Chat at Beth Or
The Chit Chatters are back at Beth Or this Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.
This discussion group addresses topics of local, national and international interest with a distinctly Jewish approach. We talk about cultural, legal, educational, social, political, religious and secular subjects, with a text usually from the media to start us off.
Now that we are back at the Temple, there's always room for one more, so please don't hesitate. If you're available, so are we.
If you want to be included on the Chit Chat email list, please contact Mike Leslie at hebrewnatl@aol.com.
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Thank you, thank you!
...to those who have generously donated to Beth Or...
Mimi Eagar, in memory of her father, Joseph
Oberstein
Irene and Thom Elliott, in memory of Rita Bukstel
Rhoni Tannebaum, in thanks for Michael Henry's
musical service on June 28, and for Samantha's
story, in absentia.
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Office Schedule Notes
The Beth Or office will be closed Wednesday,
July 3 and will reopen Friday, July 5.
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Executive Committee and Board of Directors
The next EC and Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 10 at 8pm (EC at 7:15), please prepare your agenda items, reports and issues to be discussed at this meeting and email them to Dr. Michael Newman, drmike@drmichaelnewman.com,
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Basketball/parking area paving
This work will take place starting early Saturday morning, July 6, and will continue throughout the day. Because the blacktop coating has to cure after it is installed, that parking area, which includes our Handicapped Permit parking, will be unavailable for both Saturday and Sunday.
Please use the unpaved area to the north of the building for that time. We apologize for the temporary inconvenience, but the improvement will be worth it!
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Stand With Us
StandWithUs is an international, non-profit organization. Founded in 2001, StandWithUs is dedicated to informing the public about Israel and to combating the extremism and anti-Semitism that often distorts the issues.
We work by supporting people around the world who want to stand up for Israel and educate their own local campuses and communities. We believe that knowledge of the facts will correct common prejudices about the Arab-Israeli conflict, and will promote discussions and policies that can help promote peace in the Middle East.
Through print materials, speakers, programs, conferences, missions to Israel, campaigns, focus on social media and internet resources, we ensure that the story of Israel's achievements and ongoing challenges is told on campuses and in communities, the media, libraries, and churches around the world. Based in Los Angeles, StandWithUs has fifteen offices across the U.S., and in Israel, Paris and the UK.
This YouTube video tells a story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl-80McB_HM&feature=player_embedded
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Beth Or Website Update...
Stay tuned for an announcement of a workshop about Facebook and using Beth Or's Facebook Fan page to its fullest to promote who we are as a Jewish Jewel, instead of the best kept secret in South Dade.
www.bethormiami.com 
Get noticed by your temple!
Ad copy can be sent to the Temple and will be forwarded to the Facebook/Website mavens.
Camera-ready business card size ads will be rotated through the website for $180 per year.
Send ads by e-mail to drmikebethor@comcast.net
and the check to temple.
The Temple Directory is available in PDF to members.
Webmaven:
Natalie Kaminsky
Natalie can be contacted via the Temple office at 305-235-1419 or kaminskynat@gmail.com. All messages will be forwarded.
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 A message from the Temple's Web Maven, Natalie Kaminsky:
Hello everyone! I am excited to be Beth Or's Web Maven and one of our Facebook facilitators. I look forward to keeping Beth Or's cyberspace presence fresh and engaging.
I can't do it without you, though. If you snap a good picture at a temple gathering, send it to me so I can post it on Facebook. Write and send me a short blurb about a meaningful Beth Or experience (perhaps three or four sentences) that may be shared online. That link about a local Jewish happening? Send it over! My email is kaminskynat@gmail.com.
Making Beth Or shine one post at a time,
Natalie
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About the Calendars..
The Google Calendar for Beth Or events can be viewed by clicking the following link:
This will take you to our website's calendar page without requiring a login. You will be able to choose among the Posterboard, Month, Week, Day, and Agenda views.
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Got an old laptop computer that works?? 
Donate your older, working LAPTOP to a disabled person.
Computer plus training for Handicapped Persons.
Contact Jeff Tucker JMTucker007@gmail.com
IRS Donation credit available.
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 Garden and Grounds Mangos are ripening! Watch for fruit from the trees on the north side of the property and from one or two of the trees on the south side! Beth Or's ORGANIC GARDEN continues to grow! Let's put the 'Or' in 'Organic" Wilfredo Candelaria, a local Master Organic Gardener kindly offers free advice and consultation to Beth Orians wanting to get their hands dirty and fill their plate with home-grown produce! Call Wilfredo (786) 234-7520. Five Raised Bed Custodians: 1-Jane Weinstock 3' x 8' 2-Mark Rosenbloom 4' x 4' 3-Pat Barron 3' x 8' 4-Karen Steinberg-Lewis 3' x 8' 5-Diane Pearl 3' x 8' If YOU want to operate a beds there's no charge - most supplies freely available (or BYO) >>> CONTACT Jeff Tucker and Grow Your Own!
JMTucker007@gmail.com
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The Young Lion of Judah Program
...a unique B'nai Mitzvah project for students becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah.
In addition to choosing individual volunteer opportunities, the Jewish Volunteer Center is partnering with the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, a committee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation to pair students with Holocaust survivors who never had the chance to become B'nai Mitzvah. Students will spend time with a Holocaust survivor while working toward completing 10 hours of community service.
Projects include learning about the Holocaust, touring the Holocaust Memorial with survivors, and beautifying and planting at the Memorial.
For 2013-2014, the program begins on Sunday, October 13, 2013 and ends on Sunday, February 23, 2014. Participants will meet with their peers for three programs on Holocaust education. In addition, students will volunteer on their own schedule, visiting with their survivor partner and building a new friendship.
Students are asked to honor their survivor partner during their Bar or Bat Mitzvah service and make a gift of $180 to the Annual Greater Miami Jewish Federation/UJA Campaign. They will receive a certificate of completion and their Young Lion of Judah jewelry gift - a silver bracelet for girls and a silver talit clip for boys.
IMPORTANT PROGRAM DATES:
October 13, 2013, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, Orientation and Meeting with Survivors
December 8, 2013, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, Holocaust Education Program
February 23, 2014, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, Closing Mitzvah Project
For an application or for more ways to become a Young Lion of Judah, please contact Jewish Volunteer Center Director Laura Guren Rodriguez at 786.866.8680 or Volunteer@jewishmiami.org
Space is limited to 25 participants.
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